TRIBE in the air!!!!

I'm playing in TRIBE's 2008 Carnival presentation "Myths and Magic", section Lady of the Lake to be precise.
Collected my costume on Thursday January 24th 2008, in less than half hour. Everthing fits, but being the person that I am, I'm gonna go get some precautionary hooks put onto my waistband to prevent any possible "wardrobe malfunctions"... a la Ms. Jackson @ that half-time show LOL

...and now, I ready, i ready, I ready, ready for mas again!!!
Oh Lawd, I am soooo ready for Carnival Monday and Tuesday.
My headpice: it lil big, but I love it. Didn't like it before, but it's gorgeous. such detail, such working, it looks fab.
The waistbad: wow, lots of detail. And I'll be making that great 'swishy' noise as I walk. My only issue here, is that piece of cloth hanging from the middle of the belt. It looks good, but me thinks this could cause some accidents for not too sober LAL female masqueraders on the road. Good Luck with this gals (I'm actually thinking of doing some modifications to it, just not sure what to do with it yet).
The bra: it's a bra people. Nice workings, but it's a bra...there's not much to it, and much of me is gonna be exposed.
Arm/Leg/Neck pieces: gots some cloth hanging around my forearms and elbows, and not too much of anything to dangle around my knees bothering me. Nice necklace/chocker type thing for my neck...nice. All good.

I freaking LOVE my costume...and as i said, much of me is exposed. My stomach isn't the flatest, my legas aren't the firmest, my arms aren't the most buff, but yuh know what?! I don't give a shit. That costume is all mine, paid off in full, and I'll be on the road on Carnival Monday and Tuesday 2008 in mih costume :) And to top it off: my section is at the FRONT OF THE BAND!!! Can u say jamishness!!! LOL


On another note, I've been hearing some not so good things about some of the other sections. Screwed up distribution dates, variances to what was advertised...geez!
But what's T&T Carnival without bacchanal.

Six days, and counting...YES!!!

"Fixed Date" for T&T Carnival

So I was browsing the newspapers this weekend, and noticed an article about '...stakeholders wanting to make Trinidad and Tobago's Carnival a fixed date...' and that 'the shifting date often created problems for fixtures and other organisational headaches'

Now, that statement to me is one of absolute bs! Where, why, how did these so-called stakeholders come up with such a hare-brained idea?! Moving our Carnival would make it jsut like any other Carnival. One of the reason put forward, is that the head of Pan Trinbago (T&T's Pan organisation body) thinks that having a short season makes it difficult to organise pan sides, makes reheasals difficult etc. BUT the dates for Carnival are not a secret...anyone can find out the dates for Carnival, it's the two days prio to Ash Wednesday every year for the next millenia, and you can get a list of those dates form countless websites AND any Christian minister. As for the difficulties in organising, why is it so hard to organise a pan side, which consits of a probabaly a couple hundred players, and the people who organise mas bands catering for thousands have no problems?!
Makes me wonder about a certain somebody's organising skills

Anyways, I'll be monitoring this development...cause as far as I'm concerned, the mere fact that T&T's carnival is pegged to Ash Wednesday and NOT some arbitrarily picked date in the middle of the year, is what makes our Carnival so special.

Here are some links to blog entries about this:-
a local podcast and from the Trinidad Express

TRIBE Costume Distribution Schedule 2008

Checking email this afternoon and guess what I saw in my inbox...

THE TRIBE DISTRIBUTION SCHEDULE!!!

This is the one of the most welcome sights ever!, I almost started jumping up and down, and my brother has been looking at me strangely since then...I think I've had a grin on my face since I've seen it...

...wohoooo!!! Lady of the Lake - to collect on Jan 24th :)

Carnival in the air :)

Can you feel the vibe? Can you feel the energy?
Have you been to any fetes as yet?

I haven't, but wow I don't need to. Not when I see blog entries like these:

• Top 25 Soca tunes


• Monday wear ideas

Makes you wish Carnival Monday was tomorrow.

Soooo..yuh ready for de mas?

I know I'm almost ready...just have some last minute things to do.

*sigh* ...

Welcome 2008

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2008!!!

All the best to you, your family and your friends for this brand new year.

May this new beginning brings with it much health, wealth and everything that you want.

So enjoy the day, whether it's a holiday like it is in T&T or not.

Be safe and all the best for the next 366 days.